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In 2011, "Wishing on a Star" was covered by Nigerian-British singer Seal. It was released as the first UK single taken from his album Soul 2 on November 20, 2011. This interpretation of "Wishing on a Star" was produced by previous collaborator, Trevor Horn. Seal's version of the song premiered on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on October 13, 2011 ...
Swinging on a Star. " Swinging on a Star " is an American pop standard with music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. [1] It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year, [1][2] and has been recorded by numerous artists since then.
Waiting for a Star to Fall. " Waiting for a Star to Fall " is a song by American pop music duo Boy Meets Girl in 1988, written by the duo's members, Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill. They wrote the song after witnessing a falling star at a Whitney Houston concert and originally offered the song to Houston, but Arista Records CEO Clive Davis ...
Over the course of its 100-year history, Disney has become synonymous with wishing on stars and making dreams come true. In Disney’s latest animated feature, “Wish,” that iconic star, once ...
In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it is used as the plot's basis, the quest for the Wishing Star, in addition to providing deeper meaning to the film's central themes. It is read verbatim in the opening and repeated later on.
Matariki. Heliacal rising of the Pleiades star cluster (Māori: Matariki), signalling the Māori new year. In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. Historically, Matariki was usually ...
Wish follows a 17-year-old named Asha who lives in the Mediterranean kingdom of Rosas, a land where the king is known to grant wishes. Asha applies to be his assistant and, when the interview ...
In Japan, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, the song has become a Christmas song, often referring to the Star of Bethlehem. The Swedish version is called "Ser du stjärnan i det blå", (lit. ' Do you see the star in the blue '), and the Danish title is "Når du ser et stjerneskud" (lit. ' When you see a shooting star ').